This long-awaited publication provides a stimulating and comprehensive visual selection of primary objects, reflecting the range of media and artistic styles employed in over 5,000 years of Egyptian craftsmanship.
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This long-awaited publication provides a stimulating and comprehensive visual selection of primary objects, reflecting the range of media and artistic styles employed in over 5,000 years of Egyptian craftsmanship.
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New. 1854442023. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request ***-*** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened--128 pages; 110 illustrations. Description: "This long-awaited publication provides a stimulating and comprehensive visual selection of primary objects, reflecting the range of media and artistic styles employed in over 5, 000 years of Egyptian craftsmanship. Included are the elegant stone and ivory carvings and hand-made pottery of Predynastic Egypt (5000-3000 BC), the earliest monuments of Egyptian kingship from the temple of the falcon god at Hierakonpolis, the distinctive art of the Amarna Period (1353-1335 BC), and the seals, jewelry, and miniature sculpture in precious metals and stones, at which Egyptian craftsmen excelled. Works are illustrated in the conventional chronology of Ancient Egypt, beginning with prehistory, and Nubia has its own section. In the popular Handbook series, it has been produced in a larger format. The objects underscore the development of Egyptology, from the growing interest in deciphering hieroglyphic script in the 17th century and the introduction of scientific archaeology by Flinders Petrie and his followers, to the study of the Egyptian language and its scripts by the University of Oxford scholars in the 20th century. Amongst them, F. L Griffith, first Professor of Egyptology, was also a pioneer of Nubian rescue archaeology. He documented the history and culture of Egypt's southern neighbor-finding in its arts and crafts a striking mixture of Egyptian and local traditions. Scholars and laypeople alike have, for years, come to the Ashmolean Museum for its sublime Egyptian works. Its first objects were acquired in 1683, the year it opened. A major part of its holdings came from British excavations in Egypt from the 1880"s to the end of the 1930"s. Important assemblages of Nubian material were added by the university's expeditions in southern Egypt and Sudan from 1910. Today this collection represents every stage of Egyptian culture from Prehistory to the coming of Christianity."--with a bonus offer--